AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Review: A Riveting, Playful Look at the Band’s Final Daysindiewire.com - Steve GreenePeter Jackson's documentary captures the slow creative process and gradual dissolution that came before the band's farewell concert. There are plenty …
AvatarMichelleAvatarAvatar40 Greatest Rock DocumentariesRolling Stone - Tim Grierson‘U2: Rattle and Hum’ (1988) At the time of its release, this documentary of U2’s Joshua Tree tour was lambasted for its overly reverent, self-important …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo"There were guitar players weeping, they had to mop the floor up. He was piling it on, solo after solo" – how Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton changed guitar forevermusicradar.com - By David Mead, Julian Piper, Jamie DicksonIt would have been Jimi Hendrix's birthday today so to celebrate we're bringing you this archive piece - let's go back to the source... 1 October …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo‘Lithium’: The Story Behind The Raging Nirvana Classicudiscovermusic.com - Simon HarperOn this raging masterpiece, Kurt Cobain pit drugs and religion against the often brutal nature of reality. Nirvana’s “Lithium” may have shared the …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo'Led Zeppelin IV': The Story Behind Every Songultimateclassicrock.com - Corey IrwinLed Zeppelin’s untitled fourth album - colloquially known as Led Zeppelin IV - launched the band to the upper stratosphere of rock acts. Everything …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRevisiting the visceral masterpiece of Rage Against the Machine’s debut albumfaroutmagazine.co.uk - Arun StarkeyVery few bands release a debut album so momentous and era-defining that every other album they release is hard-pressed to match the incredibly high …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe curious link between Tool and major Hollywood blockbustersfaroutmagazine.co.uk - Arun StarkeyTool are a peculiar band. They are a divisive group among music fans and critics who regard them as both pioneering but also pretentious. However, …
AvatarMichelleAvatarAvatar"The shot heard around the world”: How the Rolling Stones’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched not only them but also the Gibson Les Paul StandardGuitar Player - Rod BrakesOn this day, in 1964, the Rolling Stones made their historical debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band kicked off their appearance on live national …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dreadudiscovermusic.com - David SinclairThere is a school of thought which puts Natty Dread as Marley’s finest album, thus making it ‘the ultimate reggae album of all time.’ Even a godlike …
AvatarMichelleAvatarAvatarMeet the Beatles GuitarsGuitar Player - Richard BienstockAs a young boy growing up in 1960s suburban New Jersey, Chip Sgro acquired his first guitar in a very 1960s way: by collecting S&H Green Stamps at …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLooking back at Led Zeppelin’s very first rehearsalfaroutmagazine.co.uk - Sam KempOn another grey day in London, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page was slogging through yet another endless session recording. By 1965, he’d been working as a …
AvatarMichelleFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo‘The Starship’: Inside rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest jetfaroutmagazine.co.uk - Sam KempBy the end of the ’60s, rock music was the most substantial fish in the tank. Radio stations worldwide were full of the sound of — amongst countless …